INS Udaygiri

News: The Indian Navy has formally received INS Udaygiri from the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL).

About INS Udaygiri

• It is a state-of-the-art stealth frigates equipped to handle both traditional and modern threats in a blue-water operational environment.
• Built by: Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
• Designed by: Warship Design Bureau of Indian Navy
• It is the second of seven stealth frigates being built under Project 17A for the Indian Navy.
  • Project 17A: The Project is follow-on of the Shivalik class (Project 17) frigates active in service.
  • The construction under the Project is distributed between MDL in Mumbai and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) in Kolkata.
• It is a modern Avatar of its predecessor, erstwhile INS Udaygiri which was a Steam Ship, decommissioned on 24 August 2007 after rendering 31 years of glorious service to the nation.
• Features
  • The hull of P17A ships is geo-symmetrically larger compared to P17.
  • The ships are configured with Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG) main propulsion plants, comprising a Diesel Engine and Gas turbine, driving a Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP) on each shaft and a state-of-the-art Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS).
  • Weapon systems: These ships are fitted with an advanced weapon and sensors suite with enhanced ‘sleek and stealthy’ features compared to the P 17 class.
    • The weapon suite comprises supersonic Surface-to-Surface missile system, Medium-Range Surface to Air Missile system, 76 mm Gun, and a combination of 30 mm and 12.7 mm rapid-fire close-in Weapon Systems.